nannyconnie
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When DO you read? All the time?(so what about work/housework/gardening etc etc) Are you a commuter who reads on the train?Do you read just before going to sleep?Do you always have a book on you wherever you are so that NO time at all is wasted even in traffic jams or waiting for some-one to turn up? Do you just read----and read ---and read.I have constantly more than one book on the go and in this weather can happily sit and just read.(But then feel slightly guilty that nothing else has got done)And does anyone know what has happened to Dryad?I have missed her revierws,while also enjoying so many others.
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scottishmags
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Hi nannieconnie
I read in bed mostly; have a huge square pillow to prop myself up with. Also on the train and in cafes .. I wouldn't go out for the day without something to read in my bag. Was on the train from London to Manchester yesterday, and hadn't had time to buy a paper.. couldn't contemplate 2 hours with nothing to read and all the online shop could offer was Men's Health, or Cosmopolitan! So I ended up buying Cosmo for the first time in over 20 years. A bit different from W&H but better than I expected to be honest..
What I find really hard is sitting down during the day with a book; I don't know why, it just feels wrong. Apart from on holiday when I feel it's "allowed"! I need to get over this!
Mags
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jacqui_o
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I read when I go to bed at night, but also during hte day if having a coffee or lunch or when sitting in the garden or down the beach...
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MrsSmith
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I read whenever I can, especially if it's a really gripping story that I can't put down. Sometimes if I wake up int he night I go downstairs and read. I had several years when I couldn't seem to concentrate on reading and I'm SO pleased to get back to it. I've got a huge pile of books in my spare bedroom
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billie
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Hi nannieconnie, mags and jacqui-o
My favourite time to read is first thing in the morning and by that I mean anything from 5am onwards till I have to get ready for work. I.ve found that I love to read in peace and quiet these days but having said that if I get into a book I really can't put down I will carry it round with me whilst I'm cooking etc. I remember doing that with Virginia Andrews books when I was a lot younger and at home during the day with my children.
At the moment I'm just about to start a new book by Sebastian Faulkess called Engleby. I picked up his name off this website and have not read any by him before. What are you all reading at the moment?
Like you mags I do tend to feel guilty if I read during the day but I will sit down and read with a coffee if I'm on my own in the house. Billie
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Jenin
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Hi All,
I read any time I can! Usually before I go to bed, but on these really nice days Im out in the garden reading on a garden chair when I get back from work....come to think of it I think Im going to do that right now! 
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Fluffington
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I am a commuter so read to and from work...love it but is sometimes troublesome when I'm at a good bit and my stop arrives...at these times I continue reading on the walk to the office or home!!!!
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suziedee
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Loc: Cumbria
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I read anything and everything but not before I go to sleep or I just keep reading and forget to sleep. I have to do crosswords to get to sleep now. Being at home all day and needing to rest alot means I can read all day if I want to. For a while I couldn't concentrate on books and just read mags. but thankfully I am back into books again cos I've got 160 books I haven't yet read. I kept buying them even though I wasn't reading them. I think it might take me a while to get through them all.
Suziedee
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MAZL
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I read anytime, anywhere I can. Waterstones is my first stop whenever I hit town. Have even been late to work because I picked up a good book with breakfast. Blamed the traffic, it only usually takes me 20 mins drive so was suprised they believed me. Whoops mustn't do that again. The joys of reading, luckily have passed it on to daughter, so we book swop regularly.
Mazl
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nannyconnie
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Hello Ladies,so nice to see how you all read.Suziedee I dont know how you are going to get through 160 books but I would like to hear what they are and how you do get on.Billie I shall be very interested to hear how you enjoy "Engleby" as that is in my pile but haven't read it yet.However I have read a few of his books and loved them,my favourite was "Birdsong".So do keep us informed. I enjoyed the "torey Hayden" one,thank you so much and now I am reading two.The one is a Martina Cole and the other is "Eat,Pray,,love" reccomended by a forummer I met in Belfast.I must say I am enjoying that one much better than the Martina Cole one.
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Bobcat
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I used to read all the time, but since joining this forum I seem to have lost interest in books. I am on the lookout for a good book as I have a few days off next week and intend to relax and try to read. I hope I'm just out of the habit.
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nannyconnie
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Hi Bobcat,nice to see you.hope you find a good book to read and keep you occupied when you have your few days off next week. Presumably coffee in Bangor is not on the cards!!!!
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ladylou
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I read anywhere and every where I can get away with it. On buses when I have to catch one, trains, used to read a lot on car journeys, but since my OH hasn't been able to drive due to Health probs. thats stopped. Always read in bed though have done since I was a child.
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suziedee
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nannieconnie I have everything from Emma Blair and Josephine Cox to Frank McCourt and Thomas Hardy and Tess Gerritsen to Audry Hepburn auto biography, my biggest problem is which one to read next.
Suziedee
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Bobcat
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Hi nannieconnie, no coffee in Bangor, unfortunately. Who wrote "eat pray love" if you are enjoying it, I might just start there.
Did anyone read "My sister's keeper" Jodi Picoult, the film has just been released but apparently with a different ending.
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billie
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Hi Bobcat
Yes I've read My Sisters keeper and loved it and somevody at work has been to see the film and said how good it is but you do need your tissues! Great to see everyone chatting well done nannieconnie. Glad you enjoyed the Tory Hayden book. Billie
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Splash123
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I always read in bed before I go to sleep and also when I have a coffee or any time in the day.I dont feel guilty reading!!...I feel guilty coming on this Forum when I could be reading which to me seems more worth while. I love chatting on here but some how I do feel a bit guilty as if I am wasting time. I read a lot on holiday. Read 5 books last week in Tenerife.
See you soon Nanny!
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scottishmags
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Bobcat, I read My Sister's Keeper because it was the chosen book at my local book club. It wasn't really my sort of book, although it was quite compulsive reading .. I found the characters a bit one-dimensional; Jodi Picoult's strength as a writer lies in the issues she tackles I feel, rather than in the quality of the language. I'm in a minority I know, as her books get passed round the staffroom like wildfire! I'd be interested to see the film; I wonder how they changed the ending..
Mags
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Thimble
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Can someone please tell me what "GUILTY" is?
Obviously it is something that I have missed out on but it does not sound nice - is it an illness or mental condition?
Whatever it is I definitely do not have. Thank goodness.
Now reading is a passion I use to have but like a lot of you lost it over the last few years. Glad to say it is now back in force..................... BUT I have burnt so many potatoes, pots, dinners etc because I just could not put the book down that I have now "reprogrammed" myself. I read at any time but now find that if I have a nice cup of ovaltine at bedtime and whilst drinking this read some of my book, I have a nice nights sleep. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHh
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donna1501
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Hi Ladies, I can read anywhere / everywhere currently have a book on the go at work for lunchtimes and another book at home for bedtimes. Any other time i do feel guilty as I should be doing other things but if i can get away with it i will..
During the winter months I read on the Bus but April - October I cycle to work so listen to radio/music... I keep meaning to try audio books but somehow the appeal just isnt there.. has anyone else tried audio books and do you recommend it?
I read most things fiction, not good with any sort of autobiog style book and definitely not anyting celebrity.. Saying that I did have aaudio copy of Richard Hammonds book detailling his life and the crash - that was amazing - and yes the crash part had me in floods of tears - slightly embarrasing as was laying beside a pool in Greece at the time!
Now there's another thing - holidays are all about pool/beaches and LOTS of books 
Anyway I have now been at work for 40 mins and so far have only been on this forum.. really MUST do some work..!
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